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1YnEELER,s nuRIA1.
The Simple Ceremonies over the Dead-Ex.
prosIdanl luny,hvmEt.tImnta

The Simple CeremonieB over the Dead-Ex.
President Hayes. '..Estimate.
MALONE, N. Y, June 7.--The funeral Of
ex.vlce President Wheeler took place to.
day. The Rev. Mr.. Richardson discussed
the character of the late Mr.. Wheeler au
Cit'z,n, patriot and christian. At the
conclusion Of an interesting and impress.
awe ceremony, the funeral cortegs was
formed, and under the escort Of the
TSenly.oeventh separate company wend-
ed its way to the beautiful cemetery east
Of the village, and no Is now arrest beside
the remains Of his wife and kindred, who
preceded him many years ago. Among
the distinguished gentlemen Ia attendance
we're Cx.PreSident R. B. Hayes and his
con Webb, Gen. Wm. A. Dart, OF Potts.
dam, Gen. N. Martin Outtiss, Senator
Chag. s. Knapp, Of Louiaville, and ex.
Governor ]. g. Smith, Of st. Louis.
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I.ylotlonS tjonllaulnF,

DuSLtS, June 1.-THE OvlCtiOns al Bo
dyke were continued to-day, Tenant
MuNRmara, who was bOhlnd In his rent
defended hlB house, but the baillas broke
q hole In the wall, L1gs and boiling va.
ter were thrown through the hOlO q The
evlcting force,
A policeman, who wAA holding Tie no
liosmAn'a umbrella, dashed through tht
opening inado w The bAiIiGS and OGhol
A Gght Onauei and the tenants wort
evleted and Afterwards AEfeBIVd. Thl
ballila charge the tenants with hsVlnt
thrown ylltlol upon them, but this IL do
MED. A tenant named Murphy made
iImilA! te1laIanOO against eviction ifoiI
hl1 holding,
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MRs. pRNsEYREs, pEFENsE.
Trying to Put tho Crime Upon Roo and Il
Prove Her InSnnR.

Trying to Put the Crime Upon Roo and TO
Prove Her Insane. H
BUFFALO, N, Y, June Tin the Pen.
seyres murder TRIAL to-day Lawyer Laugh.
lin asked Judge BeCkwith to allow the
evidence to 20 to the Jury on the prisoners
guilt. ItShs was convicted he wanted to
have chance to present a supplemental
defense on the grounds Of insanity. The
Justice ruling that evidence must all 60 to
the Jury at ones, the defense opened, Mr..
Laughlin claimed that there was no proof
that the murdered man was Emil PEN
seyrea. He then charged that indictments
had been secured against Drs, Gregg and
Hand In the Brown Asylum case TO
frighten them from giving evidence In this
case as TO the insanity Of the prisoner.
Another innuendo thrown out was that
Roe changed his clothes and made his
escape while his mother gEAppled with
the officer. "As the concluding one OF
ninety.nlne crimes" the young man had
Couppirsd With the District Attorney TO-
hang his mother, 'Ho would not Bsy that
Roe fred the fatal shot, but he strongly
suspected that he did. he then outlined
characteristics intended to point to the
prisoner's insanity,
The woman's only audible comment
during the two hours speech was Crank ;
poor Frank!"
Dr.. Albert R. Wilson was the first wit.
ness for the defense. he was the attend.
ing physician when Mrs, Penseyres was
placed in jail. She vas under great deal
Of excitement on the evening after the
murder, He was called TO adminiSter
morphine. She declared that she was in
the habit Of taking morphine, and could
only tell how much she was In the habit
Of taking by marking the quantity on her
land. She was very excited, much dis.
turbed and cried. One OF her peculiar &C.
tlons was that she went around without
being properly dressed. She was very in
dustfious, ecrubhlng the floor when she
was taking morphine. She was In tears at
some time during each visit, and then she
would change and laugh constantly. She
was always talking about her case and the
way the case was being managed. She
charged her lawyer with being In the en-
ploy OF John Roe and having mismanaRed
her case. Mrs. Penseyres told the wit
ness that John Roe was trying to convict
her, and had tried to put her In an insane
aeylum; also, that her counsel were in
league with the police to convict hor. She
also stated that Mr.. Iaughlin was In the
pay OF Roe.
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ArRRRInlE RAG STORM
Visits WOrthlng'op, West vlrginiA-ThO
Damage Done

Visits WOrthingiop, West YlrginiA-Ths
.... Damage Done,
Special Dipateh 10 tAa IRleIIlVRoe,
WoRTHlSoToN, VIVA, June IA very
severe and destructive rain storm visited
this section Yesterday evening, At about
$3.50 the rain began to fall in torenta and
continued for an hour, Teverbaugh,
sandy's Run, CoChran's Run and Hslen'a
Run were soon wild, The destruction to
growing crops, fencing, etc, are the great
est ever happening here, All the fencing
along the above named streams was car
rted away, together With bridges, tootlogB,
coal sheds, platforms and cars, wagons and
buggies,
CochrRn's Run, o small stream flowing
through this place, was the first one to do
any damage, Old trees and logs soon
stopped the sewer up, through which It
paSsee, and the current was turned into N,
OoChrsu's and Cyrus TstriCk'a yards, del
uging Mr., Tetrick's store aud dwelling,
Luckily no lives were lost. The heaviest
losers are W, F, Sandy, Ohss, Jackson,
Nathaniel Cochran, Cyrus TetriCk, George
Rice, John l.. Smith and NJ, o. Cochran,
A large and expensive stone wall recently
built by the county 10 protect the road
the road near CoChran's mill was torn
down,
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THE VOLCANOES VOICE
SOUNDING THROUGH ARIZONA,
Streams of Lava Pouring in the CAnOns OF
thSsOpOFa Valley, pestsO1lSg Vegetation
and Driving tho Inhabitants Of
Town From Their Dwellings,

Tucson, AMzn June IA dispatch from
Hermoslllo says the explorers sent out by
Governor Torres to ascertain the existence
OF the volcano as reported near Bsyiape,
Sonora, have returned.
They report an active volcano fourteen
miles southeast Of Bavispe, in the sIsrre
Madre mountains,
The party could not approach nearer
than four mlles Of the mountain. The
crater was pouring forth an immense vol,
une Of smoke, FIRE and lava, and boiling
water was isaulng from the side Of the
mountain The laya, in vast waves, was
slowly pouring down the mountain into
the Canons, which are being filed, Boil.
Ing water has destroyed all vegetation in
the valleys in the vicinity. BowIders
weighing toms are hurled down from the
crater,
The exploring party say the noise pro.
eeeding from the mountain was most Ter.
rihc-ltke q number ol vast engines at
work accompanied by sounds Of thunder,
The air was dense with smoke and cinders,
The party had great difficulty in approach.
ing within four miles Of the mountain,
owing to the great chasms made by the
earthquake, and all the roads and tIails
are totally wiped out, The country. Ia
teariully broken up, The entire surface
Of the earth presents woe.begone ap,
pearanCe, and not 0 bird or living thing
could be aeen within ten miles Of the
volcano.
The town Of Bavispe Ia a complete ruin,
The people have ali moved out on Inc
high plains, and are living in tents. There
has been constant tremor and continual
series oi shock daily since the first earth.
quake shock: Last night quite heavy
shock was felt in Tucson.
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CINCINNATI, O., June IA special from
Henderson, KY, says that the city was
shocked about two o'clock this afternoon
to hear that Prof. Z. S. Clarke, superin.
tendsnt OF the public school, was Hhot and
killed Prof Thomas Possy, principal ol
the High School. The facts we're that the
two men having had long standing
enmity, got into quarrel this afternoon
in the high school room, when Principal
PoHey drew q revolver and fired three
shots at Clark in the presence OF the
pupils woundlng him severely in the face,
arm and shoulder. Posey surrendered
himself. Both men are prominent in 90
ntai1
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TIE AcoUMuLSrINa SURPLUS.
Secretary Fairchild Says That NO Policy Has
Baen Determined ON.

Been Determined ON.
WAaH1EaroN, June 7,-sscrOtary Fair.
child said to-day that he had not yet fn-
ally determined upon policy With regard
to the disposal Of part OF the accunulsting
surplus; at least he had not reached the
point who're he cared to put himself on
record in print. AS soon as the Admins.
tration had decided to announce ita courae
Mr.. Fail child said there would be no de-
lay In taking the public into lie confidence.
IN the meantime Rll interviews with him
which pretended to ioreshadow his action
were unauthorized.
A column and q half OF questions and
answers with the Secretary Of the Trea.
Bury on financial and tariff matters which
appeared this morning In an Eastern pc.
per the Secretary read With some curiosity.
When no had finished he said the tinSn'
cial part did not commit him TO anything;
thatit was simply statement Of tbs cit.
uation which everybody was familiar
With, and which has been printed over
and over again. As 10 the tArilf Views
asCrlbed 10 him In quotations, the Secre.
tary said be did not recognise them as
his, nor had he ever heard OF them be.
fore. Mr.. Faifchild talks fteely with oil
correspondents who call upon him, but
no will not live up TO the interviews
which arc manufactured and credited 10
him without authority. Fortunately for
Mr. FAirchild, there arc very few nawspR.
per men who play these trick upon him.
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pAS-ELECrHIc sUfrs.
The EaormouS bills OF The oOuasei For Il
ElnNnrnnnn ant.

The EhUrnOus Bills nt the COunsel For the
Government.
CnCAao, June IA SpeCiSl from Wash.
inEton uuya that tho indications are thai
the bills Of the Government counsel in
the Par. Electric telephone Auit will prove
au atGr!Itng 10 those that were diOd by tho
lAwyern engaged on tho part Of the Goyerr'
ment In the Star poute trials.
There are elk lawyers engaged on the
part Of the Government, including Thur.
man, Of Ohio, Lowely, Of Now York,
Goode, oi Virginia, aud Chandler, Hunlon
and Whitman, Of Washington. Up 10
the present time these genttotneu have 70.
oelyed from the Government, for fees and
expenSee, q total Of about $4,000, II 10
patimated BY the accounting oillCorB Oi
nc TIUS6tEy that the total amount Of the
bIll1 before The pnlLs are brought 10 q
close will bs At least $4,000.
Judge LowOry haA THIS lot Waited bid
tltno a SIS an hour ioF every one ol the
lVeniy.iour houfB Of each day plnCs bid
employment began, Mr.. Good0 has re-
ceiyed 90 much for his counsel and ADJ
Vice IN this case As q yeAF'a salary "a
kollolloF General. The average Comnen,
hSlion ol each ci the lawyers employed
hSS been about $1,000 70 date, and the
huils are scarcely begun,
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CARDINAL GIDDoNs.
Ills Return to Baittmore Celebrated by n
Grand Demonstration.

ub hetufu 10 baltimore OolepFhteu Dy
Grand Demonstration.
BALTIMORE, June 7.-It was generally
known that Cardinal Gibbons would reach
Baltimore this afternoon, and long before
the time Of the arrival Of the train the
streets leading to Union Station were
thronged with people vending their way
thither. The most extensive arrangements
had been perfected to give o reception
worthy the high Office he fills.
The Cardinal was received by Mayor
Hodges, the members OF the City Council,
Judges Of the Courts and Police Commits.
sloners, who took the right OF the line.
On the part Of the Catholic societies the
Cardinal was received by CHARLES A. Bon,
0 pRrte, the trustees Of the Cathedral and
committee Of the clergy, who took thor
positions In the line In the rear Of the
civic officials. As the head Of the line
moved, the societies forming the several
divisions fell In to make up the procession,
When the head Of the column reached
the Cardinals palace there was q halt and
the Cardinal, with the clergy and guard oi
honor entered the building. There the
Cardinal was invested with his official
robes and returning 10 tho street a pro-
cession was formed and moved to the
west, or main entrance Of the Cathedral,
when there was q formal reception by
MonsiRnor MCColgan, and the service fol
Q Cardinals reception was performed tor
the frst time ID Baltimore.
At the close Of the religious service the
Cardinal returned to the palace and the
procession, which bad moved through
several Of the principal streets, returned
10 Charles street and was reviewed by the
Cardinal. Tho ceremonies throughout
were Of an imposing character, and were
witnessed by many thouHanda Of people.
Cardinal Gibbons Expresses hfB high ap.
probation Of the compliment paid TO him.
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WATERrowN, N. " June 7.-Ruthor.
ford B. Hayes was in this city this morn.
ing on bis way to attend the funeral OF ex.
Vice. President Wheeler at Malone. Dur.
ing bis atay here Mr.. Hayes was seen by
reporter. He spoke ieelingly Of the
death Of Mr.. Wheeler and Of their pleas
ant relatlons while associated with each
other 10 Washington. He said the genial
and kindly nature Of tho dead statesman
endeared him to all. He had always
looked upon Mr.. Wheeler as a man OF TN.
swerving fidelity to honest principles. He
was an earnest champion Of Republican
principles, a man Of good judgment and
uuswerving in hiu devotion 70 what he be-
llnved to be right in public or private
affairs. His death would be deeply re.
gretted by all who knew him.
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Persons passing over the bridges over
Wheeling creek At Market and Main
streets yesterday had their attention Al.
traCled by the appearance Of the surface
ol the muddy stream, which was literally
ABolld sheet for long intefvalSoI founder.
Ing, struggling flSh. They Wors leSpiny
9ut Of The water, pushing others out, roll.
100, r,iShing In mad race for the river.
Many oi thOm were dead and oLhsrs gasp.
ipg iof bioath. Some we're forced clear
out on the shore. The river bank 40 far
% Bonwood was Btrewn with dead fish
.ast evsnlug, Some Of them wOrO fne
large Jack aud biBa,
Its BuppOtGd that The roOent rains have
washed 20 much Nth and impurlIy Into
the creek 90 10 poison The WAlef8 aud
make them inlnhRbltAblB.
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1T WASRANK FIELDING
THAT LOST YESTERDAYS GAME
At KAlapauo0-Ths Green Stockings De-
moFaliIsd In ths Early Part Of the Cons
test and Failto RssoVep Themselves.
Mr., DuIhaus'S Marrow Escape.
Special Dl,pG'eh to @s:Enlsuisassy,

Special DtpGieh 70 M. IRlellt ltgeaeeE,
KALAMAZOO, June 7.-Ths Kalsmazooa
turned the tables on Wheeling this after
noon, winning the game with hands down.
Mallory was hit hard aud received very
poor support from ElliH, Speidel, Nichols
and Bailey, some very poor plays being
made, Flanagan and Fuller were in the
points for the home team and their work
was magnificent, the Wheelings only get
ting Ave square hits Of Of Flanagan. the
rest being scratches. He was finely aup'
ported behind the bat by Fuller, who Ia
fast developing into q star catcher, his
bRck'atop work being remarkable, and he
throws to bases like rife ahot, Wheel.
ing pronounced him the finest throwsr
they have come aCross. The Kalamazoo
tielded in good style, Allen aud stapletop
excelling, Rhue, Otterson and Hungerford
did some poor work, but made II up by q
great deal Of fine work. Hungerford made O
bit by playing the old trick of'hiding the
ball on Dudley.
The Wheeling team seemed demoralizsd
and played wretchedly In the field, Orogan
and Mallory alone fielding in good form.
Many Of the stops Of the latter were re.
markable and he was frequently ap.
plauded. Bailey made q beautiful running
one.handed catch Of hot liner. Crogan
and Bailey led with the bat for the visI.
tors. The former Ia q great hitter and
will undoubtedly be well up toward the
top Of the Ohio League battera, Van
Zant, HungeIford and Rhus hit hard,
Thegeneral impresslon here is that Wheel.
ing ia weak in her batteries, especially
catchers. To.moIrow's game will be called
at II A. N as II Is circus day here. Dunn
was fined IS for back talk In the sixth in.
ming. Following Is the score:
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GLASS WORKS soLn.
The brilliant Works of the Central Com.
pany Sold to A. NJ. bacon,

Tie brilliant Works OF the Central Com.
pany Sold to A. NJ. bacon.
The Central Glass Company, OF this
city, yesterday sold to A. NJ. Bacon, OF
PlttHburgh, the Brilliant Glass Works,
located at Brilliant, Ohio. Mr.. Bacon, It
Is expected, will start the works up at an
early day. He was formerly connected
with the Windsor Glass Works, Of Pitts
burgh. Theprice paid was ST. 600, which
Is low for so complete and well equipped
an establishment, but at the same time
considerable advance over the price the
Central Company paid for the works.
This factory Is one Of the most perfect
ly appointed and completely arranged
anywhere. It has It's own natural gas
well, furnishing ample fuel. The Central
Company operated 1t Tor some time on
fancy colored globes and other high grade
goods, but 1t has been shut down for sew
eral weeks.
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Goop luck to the talr graduates. And,
Girls, II anybody tells You this world Is all
wickedness, don't believe 1t. There's
more good than bad, more sunshine than
shadow, II you prefer to have isso. But
what world this would be II some OF the
lonV.laced had the job Of making 1t oysrl
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OrORtly I:SRraerNled,

JAppER, 1Np,, Juno IAN the reports
heretofore published ot tho Perry county
lyhChing bAvO been grossly exaggerated.
The child reported 10 have been assaulted
10 a woman Of 20 yeAta Of age, Weighing
lbO pounds Or more, Tho man, Clay
Davis, charged with the crime, ig a euiall
man. The woman wAB not seriously in'
uIed, John DAvle, who yaa hanged, was
Innocent Ol any participation In tho fe'
ported outrage. The men who did the
hanging weF0 ten In number, masked
and had their coats turned inside out.
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ClNpiSsIrb June IA special from
NIOholASvllle, KY, SSysi The saloon and
dwelling house Of George Mason, Oolored,
whB blown up at Q O'Clock this morning BY
q dynamite bomb. Mla family occupied
the upper blOfy, but escaped inhuEt, An
old gtudge txlOled between Mason and
Others end 10 this 10 attributed the motive
ioE the Outrage,
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n.ll.l1nl1 ASiinn ArnroNsA.

NEw YoAS, June 7-Edltof o'Btlen re-
C,iyui tho following CAbleRrAm today
",Ths Executive Committee Of the Ma
ttonNi isNSua In ISelasd In meshnR 40
eembled, heartily approve your ACIon "
keeping Irish questions Tree Irom Anet, AZ y
can issues. 1FVland'g cause appeaM Y
American loVOrs ot libettL wltnont uHs
tlnClion Of party, and we feel conylnceH nI ~
sincere friend will Wish 10 Involve tnel
!9cFed cause In issues that may delay ol
hinder ltg success. ,,..-..U
tsiEnSd. HAHAtNGroH"
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CIScISsArr, June This afternoon a
train on the Cincinnati, Washington 4
Baltimore road, which had been out max.
ing a test Of q patent brake, ran upon an
unbalasted side track on returning In
Mil Creek bottom, The rails sank and
threw the engine and four coaches down q
thirty foot embankment, causing loss oi
$4,000. No one was hurt except engineer
Rother, who remained with his engine,
but only had slight injury to bis wrist,
The Caig were empty.
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Jaek KInE Wanla a Flrht.

Ye,trtIav'I Cleveland Lader.
Ae has already been published In the
Leuder, Jack King, a heavy weight pupl.
List hBilinR from Wheeling, W. Va, is In
this city aching to HRht with anybody on
any terms. Yesterday King issued tho
following challenge:
CLEVELAND, O., June 0, 1887.
/ will aght any heavyweight in Cleye.
land, Mervine Thompson preferred, Tor q
reasonable purse or gate money, any style
and on any conditions he may choose.
JACK KING,
Heavyweight pugili6t,)
Wheeling, w. Va.
Patrick Gallagher says King will get a
match before he leaves Cleveland, and
that II none ot the heAvy.weights accept
Kings challenge hawill dght him himself,
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THE Pan.ElGctric case has developed
some extraordinary legal talent, now re-
yealed to the public IN the attitude OF
holding up the Treasury OF the United
States. Itrequlres nothing short Of genius
olthe Grst order 10 rake in such ieeu Rs
the Governments lawyers are getting.
and it requirta good deal Of "adminis-
tradve reform" to be willing to pay them.
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fnEiand,S iISIsntment,

LONDON, JunO 7,-lt Ia stated that The
Foreign Once 10 greatly inconsOd BY the
statements Of The Russian Ambassador At
OonBtAntlnople, that large sums OF money
were used In brbing Tnfklbh officials 70
their influence with tho Hullan In favor ol
the convention for al Engli0h protector.
Ate oi Egypt Very strong representa-.
tIonS, /. ID anderBLoOd, arc 70 bS forwarded
10 ~, Petef9hufg, and grave con1eqnenCea
may possibly enaue unles8 N. N6lldoa'I
1tOtOmOntaAtO EOpudiAted By hlA1upOriof0
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Col. A. ]. SwEESRY's invention for the
direct application Of natural gas in the
melting Of metals, bids fair to be one Of
the most important departures in metal
working. 1t saves in the cost OF pro-
dacsioa and II improves the product. both
important considerations in this day Of
Closs.cultiug. We shall hear more Of the
Wheeling system OF metal melting, and
more oIits fortunate inventor.
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wASalSarOS, D. o., June 1.-THE
TreaAuty Department 10 informed through
the STATE Department that RutSia hal
raised The impOit duty on iron and steel
and on articles lnAnulACtdted IN Whole Of
Ii part from those metals from 20 10 ~
pDS cont
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ATIVFF9F 37F977F7F77F 70 ''V 3''7'7FF8FFEs77F
WASHINGTON, D. O., June 7--ssnator
Kenna Is in the. city en- route for Wheel
ing, where he will attend tho commence
ment exsrciaas at Mt. D, OhRnlal mex
week. Mr.. Kenna's daughter will grsdn
ate this year aud the Senator, | am ip'
formed, has been invited to deliver the
pEizag to the class,
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MONTHLY BIBLE REPORT.
Rev. MIR. Lambdln's work In tho Month of
MAY.


Following Is the report Of Rev. William
A. Lambdin for the month Of May, to
Rev, Dr.. Cooke, President Of The Wheel
ing and Ohio County Bible Society:
"The work Is progressing very encoutaR.
ingly, and the results attained have beer,
highly satisfactory. This month have
distributed nearly half q thousand Bibles
and Testaments throughout the central
part ot the city. and Ohio county, and in
the nelghborhood Of Greggsville, Clinton
and Weat Liberty. Some work has also
been performed ct Potomac and vicinity.
Moro books were circulated and nearly ali
by sale, during the past month, than for
any other month since l entered West Wiz.
ginia seven years ago.
my next report will show the compile.
ton oi the canvass OF the entire counsy.
and full etatistiCa for both city and county
will be presented.
"sinco the beginning Of the work last
autumn more than six thousand families
In the city and county have been visited.
Seven hundred were without Gods word.
One thousand seven hundred and fiity.
three Bibles and Testaments have been
sold and donated, and the end is not yet"
Report for May:
Families yisteda $50
EAmlleE attending 4DS
FAMILIES not attending Church 81
Families dIstitut0 Of the BlblB.,.......,. ..,..., 40
Destitute families supplied Is
DeRtikHll lAmilIGH refusing 10 fnnRiVa tha HihlN